Lushootseed Dictionary

CONTENTS

Acknowledgements vii

Language Name vii

Lushootseed Dialects vii

Map viii

Scope ix

The Researchers ix

Consultants Coded by Researcher ix

Consultants Listed with Dialect Infonnation x

Lushootseed Texts xi

The Varied Nature of these Materials xi

Alphabetic Order and Guide to Pronunciation xii

Typographical Information xiv

Guide to Entries xiv

More on Entries xvi

Grammatical Terms xvii

A Sample Sentence xx

References xx

Lushootseed - English 1

English - Lushootseed Index 281

Please note that the index is meant to direct the reader
to the relevant entry in the Lushootseed-English section
and is not a complete listing of Lushootseed counterparts
for English forms.

Appendix: Personal Names 377

LUSHOOTSEED
DICTIONARY

LUSHOOTSEED
DICTIONARY

Dawn Bates

Thorn Hess

Vi Hubert

Dedicated to
Laurence C. Thompson

whose insights and support provided a firm foundation
for the study of Lushootseed

Edited by Dawn Bates

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Lushootseed Dictionary is completely reformatted and greatly revised and expanded
update of Dictionary of Paget Salish by Thom Hess (University of Washington Press,
1976). Royalties from the sale of Lushootseed Dictionary will defray publication
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